I'm going to ignore trouserrat's silly implication that posting facts somehow diminished the arguement. or the person making the arguement.
Hey, look what else I just google'd....
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?1994: North Korea and U.S. sign nuclear agreement in Geneva. North Korea pledges to freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear weapons program in exchange for international aid to build two power-producing nuclear reactors.
?August 1998: North Korea fires a multistage rocket that flies over Japan and lands in the Pacific Ocean, proving the Koreans can strike any part of Japan's territory.
?May 1999: Former Defense Secretary William Perry visits North Korea and delivers a U.S. disarmament proposal during four days of talks.
?September 1999: North Korea pledges to freeze testing of long-range missiles for the duration of negotiations to improve relations.
?Sept. 17, 1999: President Clinton agrees to the first significant easing of economic sanctions against North Korea since the Korean War ended in 1953.
?December 1999: A U.S.-led international consortium signs a $4.6 billion contract to build two safer, Western-developed light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea.
?July 2000: North Korea renews its threat to restart its nuclear program if Washington does not compensate for the loss of electricity caused by delays in building nuclear power plants.
?June 2001: North Korea warns it will reconsider its moratorium on missile tests if the Bush administration doesn't resume contacts aimed at normalizing relations.
?July 2001: State Department reports North Korea is going ahead with development of its long-range missile. A senior Bush administration official says North Korea has conducted an engine test of the Taepodong-1 missile.
?December 2001: President Bush warns Iraq and North Korea that they would be "held accountable" if they developed weapons of mass destruction "that will be used to terrorize nations."
?Jan. 29, 2002: Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address. "By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger," he says.
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Bush's diplomatic skills amount to doing nothing but name-calling. That may be applauded by his xenophobic redneck base, but it puts the world in unneccessary danger. This isn't how you make friends.